Nottingham Crown Court

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Nottingham Crown Court
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Nottingham Crown and County Courts front on Canal Street as seen from the top of the former Broadmarsh shopping centre
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Rear view from the Nottingham Canal
Nottingham Crown Court
LocationCanal Street, Nottingham
Coordinates 52°56′54″N1°08′48″W / 52.9483°N 1.1466°W / 52.9483; -1.1466
Built1981
Architect Property Services Agency
Architectural style(s) Modern style
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Shown in Nottinghamshire

Nottingham Crown Court, or more formally the High Court of Justice and Crown Court, Nottingham is a Crown Court and meeting place of the High Court of Justice on Canal Street in Nottingham, England. The building also accommodates the County Court and the Family Court.

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History

Until the early 1980s, the Crown Court sat in the Shire Hall on High Pavement. [1] However, as the number of court cases in Nottingham grew, it became necessary to commission a more substantial courthouse for criminal matters. The site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department on Canal Street was occupied by a row of shops (including a baker's shop owned by the amateur astronomer, Thomas Bush) [2] and an old canal-side factory. [3]

The new building was designed by architects, P. Harvard, K. Bates and J. Mansell, on behalf of the Property Services Agency and faced with buff stone. [4] The building was opened in two phases: the first phase, which cost £2.2 million, [5] opened in 1980 [6] and the second phase, which cost £6.2 million, [5] opened in 1988. [7] The design involved a glass atrium which projected forward, connecting two wings which were faced with extensive expanses of stone. Internally, the building was equipped with nine courtrooms. [8]

High-profile cases

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  2. ↑ Pearson, Richard (1 April 2014). Astronomer Thomas William Bush: The Baker of Nottingham. p. 9.
  3. ↑ Woodward, Graham. "The Nottingham Canal in Pictures" (PDF). p. 17. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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  5. 1 2 "Capital Building Programme". Hansard. 26 January 1996. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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  7. ↑ Beckett, J. V.; Brand, Ken (1997). Nottingham: An Illustrated History. Manchester University Press. ISBN   978-0719051753.
  8. ↑ "Nottingham Crown Court". The Law Pages. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. ↑ ITN Digital News Archive
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